Since Hillary Clinton spends much of her time avoiding the media, the traveling press pool assigned to her campaign appears to have plenty of time for creativity.
…and to prove just how seriously they take their responsibility to vet the candidate on behalf of the American people.
A Fox News producer, Tamara Gitt, posted an image on Twitter on Tuesday of an orange with a question written on it, explaining that the piece of fruit was rolled to the Democratic presidential nominee while aboard the campaign’s plane.
The hard-hitting question?
Would Clinton rather have dinner with GOP rival Donald Trump or Russian President Vladimir Putin?
we rolled an orange to @HillaryClinton on the plane…who would you rather have dinner w…Trump or Putin? A:Putin pic.twitter.com/8PQNzKxtCH
— Tamara Gitt (@tamaragitt) September 6, 2016
Surprisingly, the orange was rolled back with an answer — Putin — as denoted by the circle in the image above.
But Bloomberg Politics reporter Jennifer Epstein was quick to run interference for the candidate, should someone accuse Hillary of being frivolous, by noting that a “staffer” replied to the question. Adding to the absurdity of the moment, she explains they are still awaiting a response from Clinton herself:
Some misunderstanding. Clinton didn’t actually answer the orange question. A staffer circled Putin. We’re still waiting for her response.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) September 6, 2016
ABC News also clarified that it wasn’t Clinton who answered the question. If only we could get this type of in-depth reporting on the email scandal:
Per @NickMerrill, HRC saw the orange, noted she once dined w Putin, but did not issue an answer either way. (It was Nick who chose Putin)
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) September 6, 2016
Then again, as a social media user remarked a couple of days earlier, the folks aboard that plane “aren’t reporters, they’re fans.”
This is from Hillary’s plane, and those aren’t reporters, they’re fans. pic.twitter.com/FPHuLGEzDZ
— Jason C. (@CounterMoonbat) September 5, 2016
Here’s a sampling of responses to the “orange question” from Twitter, although social media user “Flora” won the internet for the day with her offereing:
@ABCLiz @NickMerrill Maybe next time you can use one of these for your hard-hitting questions. pic.twitter.com/dDf96bVGMG
— Flora (@Flora_Finching) September 6, 2016
@ABCLiz @NickMerrill Seriously? Do you people even realize what a joke you are? How about some real journalism for a change?
— Flora (@Flora_Finching) September 6, 2016
@ABCLiz @NickMerrill – how cute. I wonder if she’ll give you and all the other groupies a signature when the campaign ends.
— Pho Phreak (@UTscreenwright) September 7, 2016
@ABCLiz @NickMerrill < the face of corrupt slobbering media. Disgusting
— Jo Ella Rash (@rash_jo) September 7, 2016
@tamaragitt @HillaryClinton With “journalism” like this, at least your name makes sense. You must be British.
— Shug Jordan (@davidatchison1) September 7, 2016
@tamaragitt @HillaryClinton so you send a note so she won’t cough up a lung trying to answer?
— Lisa T #neverhillary (@jhawk1986) September 7, 2016
@tamaragitt @HillaryClinton journalism is dead.
— Lisa T #neverhillary (@jhawk1986) September 7, 2016
.@tamaragitt @HillaryClinton you are an embarrassment to your profession.
— Clinton Crash (@massfubar) September 6, 2016
@tamaragitt Gee Golly Wow, you media are sure asking Hillary some tough newsy questions.
— watchmen-news (@watchmennews) September 7, 2016
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